Vittorio Gassman

Biography

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatr…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sleepers (1996) — King Benny
2. Il Sorpasso (1962) — Bruno Cortona
3. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) — Peppe il pantera
4. We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) — Gianni Perego
5. For Love and Gold (1966) — Brancaleone da Norcia
6. The Great War (1959) — Giovanni Busacca
7. War and Peace (1956) — Anatol Kuragin
8. Scent of a Woman (1974) — Fausto Consolo
9. The New Monsters (1977) — il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
10. Bitter Rice (1949) — Walter
11. The Monsters (1963) — The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
12. Barabbas (1961) — Sahak
13. I Knew Her Well (1965) — Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
14. Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) — Brancaleone Da Norcia
15. The Terrace (1980) — Mario Dorazio
16. A Difficult Life (1961) — Self
17. The Family (1987) — Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
18. In the Name of the Italian People (1971) — Lorenzo Santenocito
19. Sharky's Machine (1981) — Victor Scorelli
20. Fiasco in Milan (1959) — Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
21. The Desert of the Tartars (1976) — Filimore
22. Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) — Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
23. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
24. The Nude Bomb (1980) — Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
25. Quintet (1979) — Saint Christopher
26. Lost Soul (1977) — Fabio Stolz
27. Ghosts of Rome (1961) — Il Caparra
28. 1001 Nights (1990) — Sinbad
29. A Wedding (1978) — Luigi Corelli
30. Woman Times Seven (1967) — Cenci
31. March on Rome (1962) — Domenico Rocchetti
32. I'm Photogenic (1980) — Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
33. Love and Larceny (1960) — Gerardo Latini
34. Abraham (1993) — Terach
35. Count Tacchia (1982) — Prince Torquato Terenzi
36. Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021) — Self - Actor (archive footage)
37. La bomba (1999) — Don Vito Bracalone
38. Tempest (1982) — Alonzo
39. The Dinner (1998) — Maestro Pezzullo
40. La cambiale (1959) — Michele

Directed

1. Without Family (1972) — Director
2. Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957) — Director
3. Amleto (1955) — Director
4. Alibi (1969) — Director
5. Di padre in figlio (1982) — Director
6. L'altro enigma (1988) — Director
7. Edipo Re (1977) — Director